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Reg_Ex query - finding project names

Andy_W
6 - Meteoroid

Hi,

 

I'm trying to group together rows of data that have the same project name, while also parsing out text that appears earlier/later in the string. Essentially, I need to find the word "Project", then keep the first word after, and then trim out all text before and after. The example below should make it clearer. I suspect the Regex tool will be the answer but can't get my head around how to do it.

 

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

 

Input
Project Atlas XXX
2 Project Minerva - ZZZ
X Project Minerva AAA
Project Minerva BBBB
Project Plato - CCC
Special Project Plato - IIIII
Project Rainbow OOOO
Project Spring
XXXX Prj
ZTY

 

Desired Output
Project Atlas
Project Minerva
Project Minerva
Project Minerva
Project Plato
Project Plato
Project Rainbow
Project Spring
[blank]
[blank]

 

Cheers

4 REPLIES 4

Hi @Andy_W 

 

Please check the below screenshot. Cheers!

 

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Andy_W
6 - Meteoroid

Hi Christine,

 

Thanks for the speedy reply. Unfortunately it's returning null on every row. Any idea why?

 

 

Andy_W_0-1607367564485.png

 

Thanks,

 

Andrew

 

@Andy_W 

 

It should be (Project\s\w+). the + should come after the w for one or more word character. 

Andy_W
6 - Meteoroid

Perfect, thank you so much.

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